Flashy Bull

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Flashy Bull
Flashy Bull.jpg
Flashy Bull in paddock before 2006 Ohio Derby
Sire Holy Bull
GrandsireGreat Above
DamIridescence
Damsire Mt Livermore
Sex Stallion
Foaled2003
Country United States
Colour Gray
BreederJerry and Liz Squyres
Owner West Point Thoroughbreds
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin
Record19:5-5-3
Earnings$844,313
Major wins
Stephen Foster Handicap (2007)
William Donald Schaefer Handicap (2007)
Last updated on August 10, 2007

Flashy Bull (foaled March 13, 2003) by Jerry and Liz Squyres at Crowning Point Farm in Paris, Kentucky is an American thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by the 1994 U.S. Horse of the Year Holy Bull out of the mare, Iridescence.

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He was a contender for the Triple Crown in 2006.

As of July, 2007, he had started 19 times, winning 5, placing in 5, and showing in three and had lifetime earnings of $844,313.

In August, 2007, he was retired to stud due to a cracked sesamoid bone in his left ankle, believed to have happened in the Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Race Course on July 28 where he was unplaced.

Connections

Flashy Bull was owned by West Point Thoroughbreds and was trained by Kiaran McLaughlin. His rider in the Kentucky Derby was Mike E. Smith. He was ridden to a third-place finish in the Ohio Derby by Luis Antonio Gonzalez.

Races

FinishRaceDistanceTrackCondition
1st Stephen Foster Handicap 1-1/8 miles Churchill Downs Fast
1st William Donald Schaefer Handicap 1-1/8 miles Pimlico
7th Haskell Invitational Handicap 1 and 1/8 miles Monmouth Fast
3rd Ohio Derby One and One-Eighth Miles Thistledown Fast
14th Kentucky Derby One and One-Quarter Miles Churchill Downs
7th Florida Derby One and One-Eighth Miles Gulfstream Park Fast
2nd (by disqualification) Fountain of Youth Stakes One and One-Eighth Miles Gulfstream Park Fast
4th Holy Bull Stakes One and One-Eighth Miles Gulfstream Park Sloppy
2nd Remsen Stakes One and One-Eighth Miles Aqueduct Racetrack Fast
1stMaidenOne and One-Sixteenths Miles Belmont Park Good
2ndMaidenSeven Furlongs Belmont Park Fast
3rdMaidenSeven Furlongs Saratoga Race Course Muddy
2ndMaidenSix Furlongs Saratoga Race Course Fast
4thMaidenFive and One-Half Furlongs Belmont Park Fast

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